As one of the most talked-about figures, Mary Elizabeth Winstead has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.
What Is Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Net Worth?
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an American actress, producer, and singer who has a net worth of $6 million. Mary Elizabeth Winstead has played Jessica Bennett on the NBC soap opera "Passions" (1999–2000), Sophia Donner on the CBS/UPN supernatural drama "Wolf Lake" (2001–2002), Rowan Blackshaw on A&E's "The Returned" (2015), Laurel Healy on the CBS political satire "BrainDead" (2016), Mary Phinney on the PBS period medical drama "Mercy Street" (2016–2017), and Nikki Swango on FX's "Fargo" (2017). Winstead has more than 50 acting credits to her name, including the films "Final Destination 3" (2006), "Bobby" (2006), "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007), "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" (2010), "Smashed" (2012), "10 Cloverfield Lane" (2016), "All About Nina" (2018), and "Birds of Prey" (2020), and she portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in 2012's "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." Mary also produced the shorts "Magnificat" (2011) and "The Cub" (2013) and the film "Faults" (2014), and she formed the musical duo Got a Girl with Dan the Automator, releasing the album "I Love You but I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now" in 2014.
Early Life
Mary Elizabeth Winstead was born on November 28, 1984, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She is the daughter of James Ronald Winstead and Betty Lou Knight, and she has four older siblings. The family relocated to Sandy, Utah, when Mary was 5 years old, and she took advanced classes at Peruvian Park Elementary. Winstead attended a summer program at Chicago's Joffrey Ballet, and she was a member of the International Children's Choir. Though she wanted to pursue a ballet career, Mary had to give it up as a teenager because of her height. Winstead told "Radio Free Entertainment" in 2006, "I realized pretty early on that I was already too tall by the time I was 13. You know, your body has to stay that way for your entire life, and it's pretty hard on your muscles and your bones." She decided to try acting, and she soon appeared in the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" alongsideDonny Osmond.
Career
Mary made her TV debut with an uncredited role in a 1997 episode of "Touched by an Angel," then she guest-starred on "Promised Land" (1998) and appeared in the TV movie "The Long Road Home" (1999). From 1999 to 2000, she played Jessica Bennett on the soap opera "Passions," and she starred as Sophia Donner on the supernatural drama "Wolf Lake" from 2001 to 2002. Winstead appeared in the TV movies "Then Came Jones" (2003) and "Monster Island" (2004), and her first feature film was the 2005 supernatural horror movie "The Ring Two." That year she also appeared in the films "Checking Out" and "Sky High," and in 2006, she starred in the horror movies "Final Destination 3" and "Black Christmas" and portrayed Ingrid Superstar in "Factory Girl." She played Susan Taylor in the 2006Emilio Estevez-directed drama "Bobby," which earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture — Drama. In 2007, Mary appeared inQuentin Tarantino's"Death Proof" and played Lucy Gennero-McClane, the daughter ofBruce Willis'John McClane in "Live Free or Die Hard," which grossed $388.2 million at the box office. She reprised her role in 2013's "A Good Day to Die Hard," which brought in $304.7 million. In 2008, Winstead starred in the dance film "Make It Happen."
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In 2010, Mary played Ramona Flowers in "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" alongsideMichael Cera,Kieran Culkin,Chris Evans,Anna Kendrick, andBrie Larson, then she appeared in the 2011 prequel to the 1982 sci-fi film "The Thing." In 2012, she portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" and co-starred withAaron Paul,Nick Offerman, andMegan Mullallyin the drama "Smashed," which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Winstead then appeared in the films "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III" (2013), "The Spectacular Now" (2013), "A.C.O.D." (2013), "Faults" (2014), "Alex of Venice" (2014), "Kill the Messenger" (2014), "Swiss Army Man" (2016), and "The Hollars" (2016), and she won a Saturn Award and iHorror Award for 2016's "10 Cloverfield Lane." In 2015, she starred as Rowan Blackshaw on the supernatural drama "The Returned," and in 2016, she played Laurel Healy on the sci-fi political satire "BrainDead."
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